AutoCAD WS hearts Google Drive

Could it be that Autodesk was relying on others to provide the space, such as Dropbox and SugarSync? After all, you can't even buy more space from Autodesk.

Today, we learn that the answer is Yes.

Following a seven-year wait and repeated eruptions of speculation, Google launched its cloud storage service late, calling it Google Drive. Now, there always had been an unnamed cloud storage service form Google, where it stored files created in Docs, Gmail, and from your computer. But it was not as slick as the DropBoxes of the world.

One of the launch partners is... AutoCAD WS. When you access Google Drive in your Web browser (from https://drive.google.com) and if AutoCAD WS is installed on your computer, then one of the first questions is:

What this means is that Google Drivce will hand over DWG (and related files, I wish it would be explicit) to AutoCAD WS to view.

Of course, similar WS links are available for Box.net, SugarSync, et al.

TIP: On Android devices, look for the icon named Drive. On iOS devices, it's not available yet ...and you probably don't care anyhow.